. It's durability and longevity will, in the end, explain its superiority as a lawn edging material. Current plastic lawn edging is also made from recycled plastic products which further enhances the goal of using products responsibly and sensibly. In fact, it remains one of the primary benefits of the material. But plastic lawn edging has also morphed from a thin and somewhat weak defense against the rhizomes of grasses - it has become a tough, durable product which can act to retain enormous pressure, such as those plastic materials now designed to make garden beds out of, which are far wider strips of plastic with just as much staying power.